Candidates for Oklahoma Rep. Dan Boren's congressional seat are in tight money fight

Wallace, a former state and federal prosecutor, and Mullin, a plumbing company owner, won runoffs in August to claim their parties' nominations for the open 2nd District seat. Their reports cover the period from Aug. 9 through September.

In that period, Wallace raised $367,026, with $285,176 coming from individuals and $81,850 from political action committees, primarily unions and a congressional group of moderate Democrats known as Blue Dogs.

Mullin raised $322,428, with $179,731 coming from individuals, $132,000 from political action committees, $5,000 from the national Republican Party and nearly $5,300 coming from his own pocket. Mullin also received donations of $5,000 each from the political action committees of Devon Energy and Chesapeake Energy.

1st District report

In the 1st District, where incumbent Rep. John Sullivan was knocked off by Republican challenger Jim Bridenstine in the June primary, Bridenstine collected $271,465, including $107,000 from political action committees for his general election race against Democrat John Olson. Bridenstine, of Tulsa, had $162,224 in the bank at the end of September.

Olson, of Tulsa, raised $137,882 between July 1 and Sept. 30, including $7,500 from political action committees; he had $56,554 left on Oct. 1.